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Flood Relief Fund for Home Educating Families
Not only is the HEA Australia's peak body for home educator representation and a not-for-profit organisation, it also holds DGR Charity...

HEA Committee
Oct 9, 20221 min read


Survey opportunity for Qld families registered with the HEU
Families registered with Queensland's Home Education Unit should have received an email from them this week with information about...
Samantha Bryan
Oct 9, 20221 min read


Choice & Flexibility? Take the Poll.
The Pandemic has changed our world in many ways, and perhaps one of the good things that has come from it is that people everywhere have...

Karen Chegwidden
Oct 7, 20221 min read


First Pitch for Kids
The First Pitch For Kids is FREE to enter and open to students across Australia. It is Australia's premier student pitch competition. All...
Guest Author
Oct 4, 20221 min read


Nature Inspired Printmaking
Etching and nature exploration workshop with artist Jake Holmes for youth and young adults aged 15-25 years in Tea Tree Gully SA. As part...
Guest Author
Sep 21, 20221 min read


Woonyoomboo: The Night Heron
Have you seen the fantastic resources available through Arts Live? There are resources to cover all strands of Creative and Performing...
Guest Author
Sep 14, 20221 min read


Preparing for career without school
The experiences of home educating families in Australia By Leah Moir How do home educated young people progress from compulsory education...
Leah Moir
Sep 12, 20223 min read


More Data for Remote Students
While at EduTech recently, I had the pleasure of talking with the Elise, who is an Executive Manager with NBN. Her focus is on education...
Guest Author
Sep 9, 20222 min read


Homeschool students are invited to Stand Tall Regional Tour
The HEA met recently with the team from Stand Tall. They reached out to us because of their desire to include home educated students in...
Guest Author
Sep 7, 20221 min read


Research Opportunity
Home Education Experiences of Intellectually Gifted Children and their Families Researchers at Griffith University are exploring the home...
Guest Author
Sep 6, 20222 min read


Changing Our Minds
By Dr Rebecca English I recently had the pleasure of reviewing the book, Changing Our Minds: How children can take control of their own...

Dr Rebecca English
Sep 5, 20225 min read


What do kids see when they look in the mirror?
Is it a smiling face, brimming with confidence? Or do they pick out imagined flaws and feel like they don’t measure up? These are...
Guest Author
Aug 19, 20222 min read


Tennis for Homeschoolers!
Sunshine Coast Tennis is pleased introduce a brand new initiative designed to bring Homeschooling students together in a fun and social...
Guest Author
Aug 12, 20221 min read


Making the Change
Experience of shifting from a traditional school to a home school. By Karina Bright www.karinabright.com In 2022 our family decided to...
Karina Bright
Aug 11, 20224 min read


Shakespeare Anyone?
One of the workshops for the kids at the Brisbane Family Fun Day in June was provided by the QLD Shakespeare Ensemble members Lil &...

Karen Chegwidden
Aug 10, 20222 min read


Book Week +HEA prize competition!
CBCA book week is soon! 20-26th August - Children's Book Council of Australia One of my early childhood memories is of the book week...

Karen Chegwidden
Aug 8, 20222 min read


Come & Try T-Ball
Wanneroo Joondalup Tee Ball Club ('WJTBC') is holding a 'Come & Try Day' on Saturday 6 August 2022 from 1:00pm-3:00pm at Percy Doyle...
Guest Author
Aug 4, 20221 min read


Why hearing loss can be mistaken for something it’s not!
Children are ‘masters of disguise’ when it comes to hearing loss. They can develop mechanisms to deal with and cover up their hearing...
Guest Author
Aug 3, 20222 min read


National Science Week
Have you been considering homeschooling but have educational FOMO? Are you wondering if it's even possible to learn science at home? This...
President HEA
Aug 2, 20221 min read


Science Alive - Homeschoolers invited
Science Alive would like to invite home educated students in years 7-12 to participate in their free science event. Science Alive is...
Guest Author
Aug 1, 20221 min read




NextGen Landcare
Join Costa Georgiadis and the team at Intrepid Landcare for a high impact forum that will not only connect like-minded young people...
Guest Author
Jul 27, 20222 min read




Young Creatives Awards
The Inner West Libraries Young Creatives Awards in Writing and Art are closing in 2 weeks. This wonderful opportunity for young creatives...
President HEA
Jul 21, 20221 min read
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